3INF Topics

3INF topics Jing

from the 3INF assignment sheet:

• Now in the 3Informative Essay you will gather information on a subject related to the theme of the course: the Internet and social media. In other words, you will want to explain how and what you do with/in/on social media and the Internet or you might want to explore questions or problems in social media that you are or are not familiar (see pp76 BPHdbk).

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(Note, add your topics and links to the list below. See the creating a new page in wikispaces)

Topics:

Note: Topics should have something to do with online social media, sharing or productivity sites and applications. Examples:

Online social media and productivity technologies

• wikis (Wikipedia)
• blogs (Blogger, Google's Blog, Blog wiki)
• social networks - Ning and Linkedin etc (Ning, Linkedin)
• micro-blogging - twitter etc (Twitter)
• screencasts (Jing, SlideShare, Flowgram)
• cell phones - Ipod, Iphone, etc
• music sharing - Itunes, etc (Itunes, Yahoo Music, Limewire[typically not legal])
• news forums
• photo sharing - flickr, picassa, adobe express
• search engines - Google
• encyclopedia - wikipedia, Britannica, etc
• office suites - Google Docs, MSLive, etc
• shopping networks

Online sites where sharing takes place

• Facebook/MySpace don't do, too familiar
• internet dating
• online gaming
• online gambling
• fantasy sports
• online education
• health
• business
• charity
• travel
• finance
• writing
• government
• politics
• arts & crafts
• movies, tv, celebrities
• religion
• seniors
• babies
• antiques/collecting
• ET
• food
• real estate
• computer games

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